US Dividend Miles - Oneworld Award Booking Questions and General Discussion

[travelislife]

Thanks to both of you for the advice the advice. I have been using Skype to Go where I get STD rate but it using up my monthly allowance at a$1 a minute.

Not sure what skype to go is, but using the skype app on your phone or skype on a computer it should be absolutely free.

 

[Doggy]

Thanks to both of you for the advice the advice. I have been using Skype to Go where I get STD rate but it using up my monthly allowance at a$1 a minute.

You mean 1 cent a minute right????

 

[Swan]

You mean 1 cent a minute right????

My plan has a $ allowance and my calls in the past to US Air have been covered by the limit. One 4 hour call has made a huge dent in the allowance as STD calls are charged at $1 a minute. I have will be employing other methods when calling US Air in future thanks to the advice I have received.

 

[burmans]

My plan has a $ allowance and my calls in the past to US Air have been covered by the limit. One 4 hour call has made a huge dent in the allowance as STD calls are charged at $1 a minute. I have will be employing other methods when calling US Air in future thanks to the advice I have received.

At $1 a minute you are being seriously ripped off, their Pay as you go rates are 2.5c/minute!

 

[bcworld]

At $1 a minute you are being seriously ripped off, their Pay as you go rates are 2.5c/minute!

I am assuming (hoping) swans is talking about a cap, which means the $ value is like monopoly money really. You know, pay $49 for the '$700 cap'. International calls being $1/minute of the monopoly money component.

 

[baggyred]

Does anyone know of a resource for airport and government taxes?

So if you were planning a trip you could pre-empt the various taxes?

 

[bcworld]

Does anyone know of a resource for airport and government taxes?

So if you were planning a trip you could pre-empt the various taxes?

Matrix - ITA Software

Plug in the flights you want to book. Take the total cost minus the air fare component to get taxes + surcharges. Take the total cost minus air fare and YQ to get taxes only.

For BA search the individual flights to determine the YQ payable - YQ is clearly broken down. (YQ = fuel surcharge in case you don't know).

 

[baggyred]

Matrix - ITA Software

Plug in the flights you want to book. Take the total cost minus the air fare component to get taxes + surcharges. Take the total cost minus air fare and YQ to get taxes only.

For BA search the individual flights to determine the YQ payable - YQ is clearly broken down. (YQ = fuel surcharge in case you don't know).

Brilliant - from my understanding - when booking award flights with US Airways and AA the only YQ (I didn't know so thanks) you pay is for BA and Iberia.

So if i search a flight say on QR and it shows a YQ I wouldn't have to pay that with an award

 

[bcworld]

Brilliant - from my understanding - when booking award flights with US Airways and AA the only YQ (I didn't know so thanks) you pay is for BA and Iberia.

So if i search a flight say on QR and it shows a YQ I wouldn't have to pay that with an award

Correct, ignore any YQ for that itinerary. There is some evidence of US occasionally passing on YQ for Finnair as well.

Common issues to watch out for is YQ being charged on an entire itinerary with a single BA sector...it should be immediately obvious when that is the case.

 

[baggyred]

Correct, ignore any YQ for that itinerary. There is some evidence of US occasionally passing on YQ for Finnair as well.

Common issues to watch out for is YQ being charged on an entire itinerary with a single BA sector...it should be immediately obvious when that is the case.

Is YR a fuel surcharge as well?

(Mucking around with various flights)

Did i read you can't book AA award flights with US points?

 

[anat0l]

Is YR a fuel surcharge as well?

(Mucking around with various flights)

It can be but usually not...for BA they only use YQ as the code for fuel surcharges.

YR is typically other carrier imposed surcharges; I'm not entirely sure if they are charged all the time or not, but they are usually small enough not to warrant a large alarm if you see that discrepancy between your calculation and the figure quoted by USDM.

 

[bcworld]

Did i read you can't book AA award flights with US points?

Pretty sure you probably didn't read that!

 

[baggyred]

It can be but usually not...for BA they only use YQ as the code for fuel surcharges.

YR is typically other carrier imposed surcharges; I'm not entirely sure if they are charged all the time or not, but they are usually small enough not to warrant a large alarm if you see that discrepancy between your calculation and the figure quoted by USDM.

I found a few that were quite large ($200+) on Cathay and AA

 

[baggyred]

Pretty sure you probably didn't read that!

Awesome - better crossing the Atlantic on AA than on BA to avoid the YQ

hahaha - i'm getting tight as I'm considering flying in and out of CDG rather than LHR to save about $800.

We wanted to do the eurostar one-way anyway - so it's only one extra train trip but a substantial saving!

 

[anat0l]

I found a few that were quite large ($200+) on Cathay and AA

Then it is likely they might be fuel surcharges. Sometimes ITA will mark them as such (and sometimes not...). I've confirmed that CX use YR for fuel.

The only other fairly large non-fuel auxiliary cost is typically the UK Air Passenger Duty. Other large ones are at most USD 100 or so, e.g. UK Passenger Service Charge, some of the environmental charges of the Germanic nations and the Australian Departure Tax. None of those use the code YR.

 

[serfty]

YQ and YR as codes have been set aside for designation by individual Airlines as they wish.

QF have used YQ for Fuel Fines.

 

[Swan]

Could some one please clarify. When a reservation is made for two people and each pay from their Miles account and hence two separate tickets are issued when they split the booking is a one or two $50 fees charged.
I am getting inconsistence .

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Could some one please clarify. When a reservation is made for two people and each pay from their Miles account and hence two separate tickets are issued when they split the booking is a one or two $50 fees charged.
I am getting inconsistence .

$50 per passenger.

 

[bcworld]

Could some one please clarify. When a reservation is made for two people and each pay from their Miles account and hence two separate tickets are issued

It wouldn't matter if all the miles came from one account, 2 tickets would still be issued and 2 x $50.

 

[Swan]

It wouldn't matter if all the miles came from one account, 2 tickets would still be issued and 2 x $50.

Looks like I've been in luck. My previous two reservations for two people have been have been only one $50 my new reservation is 2x50. In each previous reservations they have charged the $50 fees and then two charges for the taxes. This booking, $50 is charged and then the tax is charged and on the other ticket the tax and taxes are charged as one amount.